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Singularity Hub - 10-Dec-2023Sound waves and a special ink to print custom implants and deliver drugs directly to injured tissues
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Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Associate Bioengineer at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Yu Shrike Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Bioengineer in the Division of Engineering in Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Zhang is directing the Laboratory of Engineered Living Systems, where the research is focused on innovating medical engineering technologies, including 3D bioprinting, organs-on-chips, microfluidics, and bioanalysis, to recreate functional tissues and their biomimetic models for applications in regenerative medicine and personalized medicine.
Zhang's research interests include 3D bioprinting, organ-on-a-chip, biomaterials, regenerative engineering, and bioanalysis. He is serving as Editor-in-Chief for Microphysiological Systems, and is Associate Editor for Bio-Design and Manufacturing, Nano Select, Aggregate, Nano TransMed, and Essays in Biochemistry.
Visit website: https://shrikezhang.com/
See also: Harvard Medical School - Graduate medical school of Harvard University
Details last updated 08-Feb-2022
Sound waves and a special ink to print custom implants and deliver drugs directly to injured tissues
A breakthrough technique to print complex tissues that can be stored for later use